Declan McKenna's new single 'Bethlehem' is only going to build the buzz
If you can sing about religion and get away with it, you're doing something right.
Declan McKenna is a young man going places.
His third release, ‘Bethlehem’, has just peaked its head out of the new music trenches, he did ‘rather well’ at this year’ SXSW and is about to appear on US telly.
Then again, when listening to the previously mentioned, James Ford produced track, it’s easy to see why. Singer songwriters can sometimes be ‘a bit much’. Not our Declan though. He’s singing about religion, which isn’t always the best idea, and still manages to turn it into a bit of pop gold.
Deccers (see, he’s already got a nickname by the fourth paragraph - Ed) is playing The Great Escape this weekend, with dates around the UK across the summer. Check them out beneath the player below.
May
19-20 The Great Escape, Brighton
27 The Underground, Plymouth
28 Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Exeter
June
1 Courtyard Theatre, London (Field Day preview party)
10 The Empire, Coventry
11 West End Centre, Aldershot
12 Field Day, London
July
17 Latitude, Southwold
22 The Boileroom, Guildford
23 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
23 Deer Shed Festival, Thirsk
28 Kendall Calling, Hackthorpe
29 Standon Calling, Hertfordshire
His third release, ‘Bethlehem’, has just peaked its head out of the new music trenches, he did ‘rather well’ at this year’ SXSW and is about to appear on US telly.
Then again, when listening to the previously mentioned, James Ford produced track, it’s easy to see why. Singer songwriters can sometimes be ‘a bit much’. Not our Declan though. He’s singing about religion, which isn’t always the best idea, and still manages to turn it into a bit of pop gold.
Deccers (see, he’s already got a nickname by the fourth paragraph - Ed) is playing The Great Escape this weekend, with dates around the UK across the summer. Check them out beneath the player below.
May
19-20 The Great Escape, Brighton
27 The Underground, Plymouth
28 Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Exeter
June
1 Courtyard Theatre, London (Field Day preview party)
10 The Empire, Coventry
11 West End Centre, Aldershot
12 Field Day, London
July
17 Latitude, Southwold
22 The Boileroom, Guildford
23 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
23 Deer Shed Festival, Thirsk
28 Kendall Calling, Hackthorpe
29 Standon Calling, Hertfordshire